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in the Soul
of
Ma,~.
a
prodigious number of
fi.lhes
into
his dif
...
ciples net, and at another tin1e receive that
tribute fron1 a ·
fifh
which he \vas to
pay
to
the ten1ple,
n1ight
eafrly ha·ve n1ade
hin1-
fclf the
richeft
pcrfon of the world.
Nay,
v;ithou
t
any
n1oncy
he could have n1ain–
tained
an ,arm·y powerful enough to bav<:!
jufHed
Cr:ejar
out
of his
throne;
having
oftner than
once fed
feveral
thoufands
wirh
a few loaves and
fi11all fiihcs .
But· to
fhew
how
fi11all
eHcen1 he had
o f
all
the cnjoy-
111cnts of
the world, he chofe
to
live in fo
poor
and mean a
condi<tion,
that
thuugh
t!Jefoxes had holes,
aNd
the birds
of
the air
' ·
had 11ejis, y·et he who was ford rmd hfl /r
of
all things, had not whereon to lay his head.
He
did
not frequent the courts of princes,
- nor affect the acquaintance· and
converfe·
of
great ones;
but,
being reputed
the fon
of a
carpenter,
he
had
fiihermen and
fl_,ch
other
poor
people
for his
con1panions,
and·
lived at fuch a rate as
fuitcd with
the
n1ean–
ncfs of
that condttion.
· And thus .I
an1 brought
unawares
to
fpeai~
of his
/;u;n,fi!J',
the
laft
branch
His
humility.
of the
divine
life;
'vhercin
he
.
was a moH: eminent
patcrn
unto
us,
that
we n1ip-ht
lea·rn of
IJn'i'l
to be tNeek
~md
io?lJ-
o
J
.
•
fy
in heart.
I
iJ-
all not
now
fpcak
of
that
infinite
condefcenfit.~n
of
the eternal
Son
C
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of